Realistically cast and chased as a sitting bear with one foreleg lifted up, the jaw designed as a push-piece, marked on base and the edge of the right rear leg with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant and the mark of the First Silver Artel
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
14.79 oz. (460 gr.) gross

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For the relationship between the First Silver Artel and the Fabergé firm in producing silver animals, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, pp. 102-109.